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Apple fans woke up Friday to discover that the first-edition iPad mini had vanished from the company’s online store. It was an unceremonious goodbye to the device that was released in 2012 as a smaller, less-expensive alternative to the iPad, Apple’s groundbreaking tablet. More recent versions of the mini are still available. Its departure, confirmed by an Apple spokesman, means the gadget maker will only manufacture its latest-model iOS devices – iPad Air, iPhones, iPod Touch and Apple Watch -- with the high-resolution screens it calls Retina displays. Apple introduced Retina several years ago, giving its phones, tablets and computers a super-sharp screen that made...

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